Griffith University researchers have developed a system that can quickly detect airborne biological threats.
Professor Igor Agranovski, of the School of Engineering, has developed a system that collects aerosolised micro-organisms and finds the threats, such as fungi spores, viruses and bacteria. Such a system could be crucial to soldiers in the field or post-event investigations.
The researchers won contracts with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) through the Defence Innovation Fund to complete the prototyping of the system. It follows on from Professor Jin Song Dong’s contract in June to develop autonomous underwater vehicles.
Aerosolisation is when a physical substance is converted into particles small and light enough to be suspended and transmitted in the air. That could be through a spray, like and aerosol nebuliser, or through a natural process, like a sneeze or cough.
“I started my research in the area of bioaerosols in the year of 2000 in collaboration with colleagues from the
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